Desert Southwest Quiz

The ___________ Southwest was a difficult place to live due to the _______ and lack of precipitation.

• Desert/heat

• Region/heat

• Indians/cold

Some ____________ were unavailable in the Desert _______________, so tribe representatives often traveled long distances to ___________ for needed items.

• resources/Natives/trade

• resources/Southwest/trade

• stuff/Region/pay

In exchange for meat from the __________ tribes, people from the Desert Southwest traded pottery, _________, extra corn, and ______________.

• Plains/baskets/blankets

• Native/pottery/blankets

• Plains/corn/blankets

___________ tribes like the Hopi, Zuni and Yuma, built ___________ homes, called __________, using stones and adobe bricks.

• Sedentary/temporary/pueblos

• Nomadic/permanent/hogans

• Sedentary/permanent/pueblos

_______ were built partly or fully ___________, and ceremonies or rituals were performed by __________. __________ were not allowed to enter the kivas.

• Kivas/underground/men/

  Women

• Houses/underground/women/men

• Kivas/underground/women/men

Nomadic tribes moved ____________. They built temporary homes, called ________, by using wood and ______.

• sometimes/tipis/grass

• frequently/hogans/mud

• rarely/hogans/mud

To obtain food, ________ tribes hunted, gathered, and took _______ from ___________ tribes.

• nomadic/crops/sedentary

• nomadic/stuff/sedentary

• sedentary/food/nomadic

A blue-green _____________, called ___________, was used for more than just jewelry.

• turquoise/mineral

• gem/turquoise

• mineral/turquoise

Turquoise was used in rituals and __________ because it represented the _____ and _________.

• ceremonies/sky/water

• parties/sky/ocean

• ceremonies/sky/sea

Some tribes believed that it could prevent _________ luck and slow down large __________.

• good/plants

• bad/animals

• good/animals